Comments on: The Bumiputera Status In Malaysia

By: Wondering

Wondering — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:55:47 +0000

Someone told me, after marina mixed races marriage, government resolved the matter by annoucing if 1 of the parent is bumi, the son or daughter is bumi. Is this confirm yet? I just hear from friends. Wondering what they told me is true or not.

By: alamak

alamak — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:37:40 +0000

My honest opinion, it is not fair that semenanjung peoples can considered as bumi when 1 or the parent is bumi. y not in sarawak? This is obviously discriminating Sarawak people’s! Same Nation, different definition for bumi? fuuny!! why not make a rule, semenanjung people dont need pay tax, only sabahan and sarawakian pay??

[Cyril]
Heheheh… You hit the nail rightly on its head.. but I see things are now improving =) altough rather slowly =(

By: alamak

alamak — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:38:44 +0000

What if a child born in sarawak with father is chinese and mother is malay. Shouldn’t the child consider as bumiputera?
If the mother want to pass on the bumi land or other’s property, she can’t pass her property to his (non-bumi) son or daughter? this is ridiculous!! So, I suggest that, either one of the parent is bumi, the child will automatically consider as bumi. Why women dont have the power to pass on her bumi status to her own child? this is discriminating female right too!!

[Cyril]
It’s hard to explain. I’m also unsure about this whole ’status’ thing because it’s the government thing.. =(

By: jawatan kosong

jawatan kosong — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:07:18 +0000

Why we still struggling with our status right now? We are Malaysian, we born in here, we live in here, we work in here. That’s it.

[Cyril]
You have a good point.

By: gwen

gwen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:14 +0000

My dad is bidayuh & my mum is Chinese+iban.. Now I don’t know where I stand ( kind of sad actually..

[Cyril]
Yeah.. it’s a normal case in Sarawak and it is sad to know that this issue crops up.

By: azril azam

azril azam — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:39:52 +0000

Before you guys jump into any conclusion.. have you actually read the Malaysia Federal Constitution?

Surprisingly there are no “bumiputera” word written inside it.

So what is “bumiputera” anyway? Basically is the term used by Tunku Abdul Rahman anyway to define the MALAY AND ABORIGINE (160(2)) -check under “orang melayu” and “orang asli”

and THE NATIVE OF “SARAWAK” (161A(6)(a)) and NATIVE OF SABAH (161A(6)(b))

here is the link to constitution in Bahasa Malaysia http://wikisource.org/wiki/Perlembagaan_Persekutuan_Malaysia/Am_dan_Pelbagai

you may need Google-Translate to convert it into English

So, verified your criteria based on this definitions.

The definition of bumiputera varies between government agencies. But then, most importantly, this term is not used under the constitution.

[Cyril]
Well, you got your opinion on the issue =) Anyway, just for your information, in Sarawak.. we always thought that the race of ones child will be according to the father, which means that if the father is a native, then the child would be a native regardless of the mothers race.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0000

you have no idea how confusing it is for us at the moment. my dad’s iban & my mum’s chinese. all these years there was no problem dealing with bumiputera status. its ridiculous that all of sudden its a complicated issue.
for me… i don’t think malaysians should keep this ‘bumiputera status & rights’ anymore. it breeds racism. its as if saying that one race is more important than the other.

1 Malaysia concept is confusing me more & more everyday.

[Cyril]
Actually, I think I know how you feel.. and I agree on you on the fact that the 1Malaysia concept is getting confusing by the day. Also agree that the bumiputera status does breed rasicm, but I do acknowledge that there is a need to protect the Bumiputera to some extend.

By: Sumuk

Sumuk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:22:45 +0000

In that particular case, one have to understand what is the definition of ‘Malay’ from the constitution. That is another story and another battle. try not to mix up.

anyway, i do agree that the definition of Bumiputera as an overall is rather outdated, not uniform and do injustice to certain quarters. it should be revamp.

[Cyril]
Yeah.. that’s another case.. Better not get into it coz trouble alarms would sign up.
Yes, totally agree with you about revamping the whole definition. Its about time.

By: Sumuk

Sumuk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:29:57 +0000

Isn’t the ‘/ ‘ means or?

[Cyril]
I think it does mean ‘or’… but then again, what does Bumiputera status has to do with religion? right? Does this mean that if you are a Malay, then you decide to denounce your religion like Lina Joy, then you are no more a Bumiputera?

By: chegu carol

chegu carol — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:29:27 +0000

Hey, i never knew that’s how Bumiputera is termed. I’ve always known myself as Bumiputera Sabah cos my dad’s Kadazan and mom is Sino. There’s no mentioning that u have to be a Malay or Muslim to be a Bumiputera, at least none that I know in Sabah. As long as you are not Chinese or India, then you are a Bumiputera. Or have we been misled? Hmmm….

[Cyril]
That’s the thing. In Sabah, you guys still have this thing called ‘Sino’. We people in Sarawak don’t have it, and well… as everyone, I myself always regarded that if my dad is Bumi, then so am I.. but now, it seems that status does not apply to me anymore. In fact, my dad himself is not Bumi coz his mom (my granny) is a Chinese…